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15 Jan 2016
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| 15 Jan 2016
Hydroclimatological influences on recently increased droughts in China's largest freshwater lake
Y. Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
G. Wu
Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
73 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
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Short summary
Lake droughts result in significant hydrological, ecological and economic consequences. This study proposes approaches for quantifying the lake drought features and estimating the contributions from individual factors, taking China’s largest freshwater lake as a case examination. Our results showed that the recently increased lake droughts were due to hydroclimatic effects, with less important contributions from the water impoundments of the world’s largest dam affecting the lake outflows.
Lake droughts result in significant hydrological, ecological and economic consequences. This...
